{"id":279421,"date":"2019-06-19T15:25:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T19:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMie2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJ1c2luZXNzZGFpbHlhZnJpY2EuY29tL2Vjb25vbXkvS2VueWEtbWlyYWEtLUV0aGlvcGlhLXZhcmlldGllcy1mbG9vZC1Tb21hbGlhLzM5NDYyMzQtNTE2NDAzNi1yOHJraGgvaW5kZXguaHRtbNIBAA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:17:11","slug":"business-daily-said-ethiopian-miraa-was-squeezing-kenyas-traditional-somalia-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/279421","title":{"rendered":"Business Daily said Ethiopian miraa was squeezing Kenya\u2019s traditional Somalia market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 19 June 2019 Business Daily reported that Kenyan miraa traders were scouting buyers in Djibouti and Mozambique after stiff competition from Ethiopian varieties squeezed their traditional Somalia market.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-493684\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Somalia-Ethiopia.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Business Daily said Ethiopian miraa was squeezing Kenya\u2019s traditional Somalia market\" \/>\n<p>The trade story framed Ethiopian supply as a Horn commerce shift that forced Kenyan exporters to diversify destinations for the stimulant leaf.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as Horn trade archive, the Business Daily report dates mid-2019 pressure on Kenya\u2019s miraa corridor from Ethiopian competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessdailyafrica.com\/economy\/Kenya-miraa--Ethiopia-varieties-flood-Somalia\/3946234-5164036-r8rkhh\/index.html\">Business Daily Africa<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miraa traders search for buyers as Ethiopia varieties flood Somalia&nbsp;&nbsp;Business DailyKenya is scouting for new buyers for miraa in Djibouti and Mozambique as stiff competition from Ethiopian varieties squeeze its traditional Somalia market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":493684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Somalia-Ethiopia.jpg?fit=460%2C438&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1aGN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755282,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279421\/revisions\/755282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}